Battleship Missouri launched at Newport News shipyard
The hullless Missouri, sister to the Ohio and the Maine, was launched at 11 am at Newport News Shipbuilding. Marion Cockrell christened the vessel in a large crowd. The ship measures 388 feet on the water line with 72 feet 2% inches breadth and 23 feet 6 inches draft. displacement listed at 12,230 tons. Main battery features four 12-inch rifles and sixteen 6-inch guns with armor protection along the sides and vitals.
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Newport News
Missouri
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Marion Cockrell
Ohio
Maine
Death of Senator Sewell in Camden Details Illness and Funeral
Senator William J. Sewell died Friday morning in Camden after a two year illness from diabetes with stomach and heart complications. He endured a European tour for recovery and late stage decline led to his death with a military funeral planned. Messages of condolence poured in including one from President Roosevelt.
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Camden
N. J
William J. Sewell
Sewell
Europe
Senator Sewell
Asheville
N. C
Colestown Cemetery
Roosevelt
Gen. Sewell
Missouri Battleship Details Showcases Modern Turrets and Submerged Tubes
The article outlines Missouri’s electric turret operation and crewed gun layouts across casements and sponsons, with a focus on 6 inch and smaller secondary batteries. It notes two submerged tubes, water tube boilers, hydraulic steering, electric lighting, signal gear, and 14 boats with crane-assisted handling, aiming to prevent heavy rolling via bilge keels and detailing boiler and engine specs.
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UeBiecs
Missouri
United States Navy
Waer Tube
Thorneycroft
Read, Read, Read and Duddleston News Inquiries
Springfield stock broker W H Read dies at home after illness since Thanksgiving. In St Louis, Theodore Duddleston Jr formerly assistant bookkeeper for Stock Yards Bank was arrested for embezzling 11954 dollars and 38 cents.
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Springfield
W. H. Read
Chicago Board of Trade
St. Louis
Theodore Duddleston, Jr
Stock Yards Bank
Ast
Senator Depew Weds in Nice French Consulate Ceremony
United States Senator Chauncey M. Depew and Miss May Palmer were married Friday at the American consulate in Nice, with Consul Harold S. Van Buren officiating under a special state dispensation from John Hay. A church wedding followed on Saturday at Notre Dame and then an American church ceremony, with the church service considered the legal marriage in France.
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Nice
France
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
May Palmer
Harold S. van Buren
John Hay
Church of Notre Dame
Kidnapper C N Hunt Sentenced in Nebraska
Lincoln Neb Dec 28 The first conviction under the states kidnaping and intimidation law passed last winter C N Hunt received one year in the penitentiary He threatened a neighbor family and demanded 200 be buried in a vacant lot A can of nails was buried instead and officers watched Hunt was arrested and convicted
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Lincoln, Neb
C. N. Hunt
Hunt
British Defeat Causes Disturbing Impression in London De Wet Blockhouses
London is told of a December 24 night attack near Zeefontein where Col Firman’s camp of about 400 Yeomanry was struck by De Wet. The assault, amid heavy Boer persistence, left two guns lost and a sense of alarming capability to threaten the surrounding blockhouse quadrangle from Vereeniging to Kroonstad and nearby Bethlehem to Lindley.
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London
DeWet
Lord Kitchener
Johannesburg
Rundle
Firman
Zeefontein
Orange River Colony
Vereenignen
Valksrust
Harrismith
Kroonstadt
Bethlehem
Lindley
Col. Firman
Internal Revenue Receipts Show November Decline in 1901
The November 1901 internal revenue total reached 23 178 951 dollars, down 2 165 330 from 1900. Spirits led with 12 080 812 dollars, tobacco 4 264 700, fermented liquors 4 973 188, oleomargarine 212 814, misc income 1 588 768, each with varying changes. Five month receipts totaling 120 654 395 dollars declined 10 625 382 from 1900, mainly due to revenue tax reductions enacted by Congress.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Nellie Cropsey’s Fate Disclosed in River Find
In Elizabeth City North Carolina the missing Nellie Cropsey’s body was found in the Pasquotank River opposite her father’s home. The coroner’s jury ruled she died from a blow to the left temple and drowning. A young man named Wilcox was arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Nellie Cropsey
Nellie
Pasquotank
Wilcox
Premeditated Killing Ends Life of West Reach in Blocton
In Birmingham on December 28 West Reach a leading Blocton citizen was shot and killed by Tom Stewart his brother in law. Stewart surrendered telling officers he loaded the gun to kill Reach claiming Reach had mistreated his sister and threatened himself and his brother.
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Birmingham
Ala
West Reach
Blocton
Tom Stewart
Stewart
Reach
Doctor reports Alger general's recovery improving
Detroit dated dispatch quotes Dr. Howard W. Longyear saying General Alger's illness has entered a favorable phase. He notes the general has nourished on broth and had a comfortable day, indicating recovery appears likely.
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Detroit
Mich
Howard W. Longyear
R. A. Alger
Dr. Longyear
Michigan Peach Crop Ruined by Cold Wave
The peach crop of Southwestern Michigan except St. Joseph Lake Shore and Fair Plain districts was ruined by a cold wave. About 15,000 acres were affected with a yield of 300,000 bushels.
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Michigan
St. Joseph
Mich
Lake ,Shore
Fair Plain
Lincoln to Erect McKinley Memorial Bells in Church
Lincoln Neb December 28 The city through a committee ordered a set of chiming bells to be erected as a memorial to William McKinley in a local church. The price of 36000 was raised by voluntary subscription.
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Lincoln, Neb
William McKinley
Four Killed in Wreck Near Lake Poyntelle
A disastrous wreck on the New York Ontario and Western near Lake Poyntelle in Scranton killed four men. The engine and 40 cars toppled over a steep embankment. Additional details are sparse due to the damaged report.
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Scranton
New York, Ontario & Western
Lake Poyntelle
Centenarian Simon Owens Dies in Guthrie Fire
Simon Owens aged 102 died after his cabin burned Thursday in Guthrie Oklahoma. Born a slave on Gen Andrew Jacksons plantation he was crippled for life at Vicksburg during the Grant siege.
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Guthrie
Okla
Simon Owens
Andrew Jackson
Vicksburg
Grant
Cuban Democrat Maso Ends Presidential Campaign
Havana December 27 Gen Bartolome Maso candidate of the democratic party for the Cuban presidency left Havana for Manzanillo and gave up the campaign stating he would retire from active political work.
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Havana
Bartolome Maso
Democratic Party
Cuba
Manzanillo
Everett Moore Syndicate Buys Two Toledo Railroads
The Everett Moore syndicate gains control of the Toledo and Maumee Valley and the Toledo Waterville and Southern by purchasing all stock. Purchase price listed as 500,01 for the first line and 100,000 for the second. Reorganization placed Everett Moore managers on the boards. Rufus Baker named president of Toledo and Maumee Valley. EB Beckte named president of Toledo Waterville and Southern.
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Toledo, O
Everett: Moore Syndicate
Toledo & Maumee Valley
Toledo, Waterville & Southern Railways
Com
Everett- Moore
Rufus Baker
Toledo &Umee Valley
EB. J. Beckte
Toledo, Wierville & Southern
Grief Stricken Death After Accidental Shooting
Mrs Maude Holdéman was fatally struck by a rifle shot while returning home with her child near the Slemmens home in Canal Dovey Ontario. Calvin Holdéman, 16, stood near the orchard after a target shooting session when the rifle discharged. The tragedy occurred as the sister stepped into line, and the brother is overwhelmed with grief.
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Canal Dovey
Maude Holdéman
Peter Slemmens
Calvin
Aged Ohio Woman Brutally Beaten by Two Robbers
Mrs. Malequit, 70, of Payne near Paulding Ohio, was assaulted by two tramps bent on robbery. They beat her into insensibility after resisting their attempt to ransack her home, stealing $5 and some jewelry. Neighbors later found her with two broken ribs. suspects are at large.
Educational leaders name Ohio committee for National Education meeting
Cleveland officials designate state organization committee for the National Education Association. Members include Frank B. Dyer in Cincinnati Wells I Griswold in Youngstown John K Baxter in Mt. Union W H Meek in Dayton W H Kirk in East Cleveland and Frank B Pearson in Columbus. National meeting set for Minneapolis July 7 to 11, 1202.
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Cleveland
Frederick
Lakewood
National Educational Association
Frank B. Dyer
Cincinnati
Youngstown
John K. Baxter
Mt. Union
W. H. Meek
Dayton
W. H. Kirk
East Cleveland
Frank B. Pearson
Columbus
Minneapolis
Rockefeller Gift Push At Oberlin College
Oberlin Ohio December 28. Last spring John D Rockefeller offered 200000 dollars to Oberlin college if 300000 more was raised by January 1 1902. Subscriptions total 261700 short of 300000 and Trustee Cowles departed for New York to see if Rockefeller will match on that basis.
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Oberlin
John /. Rockefeller
Oberlin College
Friends of the Institution
Cowles
New York
Sparrow Killing Match Ends In Victory Banquet
In Findlay Ohio on December 28 the six week sparrow killing contest concluded with 25 men led by Len Brickman defeating the 25 man team captained by Isaac Culp. The winning side killed about two thirds of roughly thirteen thousand sparrows, weighing nearly two tons, and held a banquet at McComb to celebrate.
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Findlay
Len. Brickman
McComb
Isaac Culp
Last living descendant of Hannah Dustin dies in Toledo
Toledo reporter notes the death of Mrs Letta Dustin Hill in Toledo on December 28. She is described as the last living descendant and a great great granddaughter of Hannah Dustin, the colonial heroine.
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Toledo
Hannah Dustin
Letta Dustin Hill
Clark will leaves estate to widow for life then to three children
The will of James W. Clark of Seven Mills directs the widow receive life use of the estate, after which it passes equally to his three children. She is barred from remarriage. John Long is named executor.
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Hamilton, O
James W. Clark
John Long
Col D L Cockley Dies at 57 at Home
Col D L Cockley aged 57 drops dead at his home. He sat on the board of trustees of the Toledo state hospital and served as an aid-de-camp on Gov Bushnell's staff.
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Shelby
D. L Cockley
Toledo State Hospital
Mrs Clara Kelly Dies Following Laudanum Self Harm
Mrs Clara Kelly wife of Alvin Kelly died at age sixty from laudanum taken in a personal crisis. Authorities report the act as a rash response to family trouble in Bowling Green Ohio.
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Bowling Green, C
Clara Kelly
Alvin Kelly
Mrs. John Howard Dies in Clarksfield Fire Hazard
In Norwalk Ohio on December 28 Mrs. John Howard was burning clothes when hot ashes from an icer pipe ignited her garments causing fatal burns at her Clarksfield home. She perished from the fire and resulting injuries.
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Norwalk, O
John Howard
Clarksfield
Mrs Friend Faces Serious Condition After Tackle Ingest
Findlay Ohio December 28 Mrs Chas Friend accidentally swallowed a large upholstering tack and all efforts to remove it have proved futile. Her condition is serious.
Child dies after eating patent pills in Wapakoneta
A three year old child of Mr and Mrs Frank Mohler in Wapakoneta Ohio ingested a full box of patent pills. The child died within an hour according to local reports.
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Wapakoneta, O
Frank Mohler
Rally Calvin Dies Suddenly in Aberdeen at 90
Nanogenarian Rally Calvin, aged 90, collapsed and died in Aberdeen Ohio. He was widely known as a prominent citizen of Brownsgousty.
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Nanogenarian
Aberdeen
Calvin
Brown Gousty
Roosevelt and White House Social Changes Spark Debate
Public concern over housing the Roosevelts in the executive mansion eased after the president denied alterations to the White House. Mrs. Roosevelt’s appointment of Miss Isabella Hagner as social secretary signals a shift in diplomatic and official social life, with Hagner expected to set etiquette and precedence for diplomats, cabinet members, and military officers.
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Roosevelt
White House
Executive
Roosevelts
Kermit
Ethel
Columbia Heights
Charles A. Moore
Senate District Committee
Park Commission
National Capital
Moore
Isabella Hagner
Chicago Daily News
Miss Hagner
Executive Mansion
Washington
Cleveland
United States
Diplomatic Corps
Cabinet
Army
Navy
Storage and closet ideas for compact dining room use
A Good Housekeeping column describes economical space use in homes with attic storage and built in closets. It shows how to create higher dresser tiers and protected fabric storage with cheap curtains and brass hooks. The piece emphasizes ventilation, dust control, and accessible book and china storage.
Onion odor removal method with celery rub
A historical tip suggests rubbing hands with celery to neutralize onion smell, followed by washing with cold water. The guidance emphasizes simple kitchen items for odor control.
How to Keep Hair Healthy and Food Hot
Shining coils of hair and vigorous scalp rubbing can preserve color and vitality. Night brushing and breathing air benefit roots, while loose braids twice weekly aid gloss and ease styling. Curling irons are warned against for health. For hot food, cover and set over hot water to avoid drying.
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Chicago
Finnish Women Plow Labor in Low Classes Roles
Finnish women of the lower classes perform arduous labor once reserved for men. They wheel handcarts, push heavy loads, sweep streets, act as boatmen, and assist in loading ships as part of daily work.
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Finland
Mice Avoid Camphor Gum In Clothes Drawers
Mice dislike camphor gum. Placing camphor gum in clothes presses and drawers keeps mice away because the odor is very disagreeable to them.
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United States Battleship
Depew
Nebraska
Gen. Alger
Pleasant Porter
Congressman DeGraffenried
Texas
Congress
West Point
Cot Point
Everett-Moore Syndicate
State Educational Committee
Rockefeller
Col
D. L. Cockley
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